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The number of cyber attacks is estimated to have risen by 67% over the last five years, with the majority of these data breaches being traced back to human error. The potential risks of such attacks are vast and can have a serious impact on both organizations and individuals. But protecting ourselves against cyber security threats can be extremely complicated. Hard Fork! Hard Fork? Hard Fork Not only is the technology we use on a daily basis getting more complex, but attackers are constantly finding new ways to bypass security measures. Yet staying up to date with safety measures and new devices is not always practical. Many people are exhausted and turned off by seemingly endless reports of data breaches in the news – an effect referred to as “privacy fatigue”. They can become weary of installing software updates, updating privacy settings or changing passwords – or simply fear that such precautions are pointless. Efforts to combat this within organizations … [Read more...] about This tiny flashing kit can break your bad online security habits

May 3, 2019, 9:47 PM UTC By Haylee Barber “Do you want to turn on location services?” It’s a phrase that has become almost as common as, “Please enter your passcode.” And in our busy lives, with more applications on our phones than we may care to admit, it’s hard not to take a laissez-faire attitude with our online footprint. This can lead to a nearly subconscious – or, at least, passive – click on “yes” to allow our phones to track our location. As a college student, I was guilty of this -- thought nothing of it. And I became a target for something terrifying. It was a warm Friday night in southern California and I had just picked up my parents from the airport. They were visiting me for the weekend at my college in Orange County. After I dropped them off at their hotel, I drove home to the house I shared with roommates. After I entered my house, I began to get ready for bed. And then I heard footsteps in the bedroom at the … [Read more...] about Cybersecurity expert gives tips on how to stay safe online

The security chief of Jeff Bezos has accused Saudi Arabia of obtaining private information from the Amazon chief executive after allegedly gaining access to his phone. Gavin de Becker, a security specialist who has worked closely with Mr Bezos for 22 years, says that he was directed by the Amazon boss to “spend whatever is needed” to find out who was responsible for leaking his messages to Lauren Sanchez, a former television anchor who is reported to have been dating the world’s richest man. “Our investigators and several experts concluded with high confidence that the Saudis had access to Bezos’ phone, and gained private information,” Mr de Becker wrote in an article for The Daily Beast website on Saturday. In January, US tabloid The National Enquirer published a series of messages between Mr Bezos and Ms Sanchez shortly after he announced his planned divorce from wife of 25 years, MacKenzie Bezos. The Amazon chief executive struck back in … [Read more...] about Saudis hacked Jeff Bezos’s phone, says security chief of Amazon boss

Security researchers have found a vulnerability in the backbone of the electronic ID (eID) cards system used by the German state. The vulnerability, when exploited, allows an attacker to trick an online website and spoof the identity of another German citizen when using the eID authentication option.There are some hurdles that an attacker needs to pass before abusing this vulnerability, but the researchers who found it say their eID spoofing hack is more than doable.The vulnerability doesn't reside in the radio-frequency identification (RFID) chip embedded in German eID cards, but in the software kit implemented by websites that want to support eID authentication.The vulnerable component is named the Governikus Autent SDK and is one of the SDKs that German websites, including government portals, have used to add support for eID-based login and registration procedures.SEC Consult, the German cyber-security firm who discovered the flaw in this SDK, says it already reported the issue to … [Read more...] about German eID card system vulnerable to online identity spoofing

Predictions are tough, but even moreso in the chaotic world of cyber security. The threat landscape is huge, offensive and defensive technologies are evolving rapidly, and nation-state attacks are increasing in terms of scope and sophistication.This cyber “fog of war” makes it hard to see or assess every trend. Last year, for example, CSO’s predictions for 2018 did not anticipate the rapid rise of cryptomining. In hindsight, this relatively easy to execute, lower risk way for cyber criminals to monetize their efforts should have been an obvious choice.Still, we got a few things right: more automation of threat-detection processes, significant rise in attacks using compromised IoT devices, and the decline of trust in the face of rising cyber crime, to name a few.This year, we asked CSO staff and contributors to tell us the biggest events or trends they anticipate for the next 12 months. Here are their top 9.1. Ransomware tapers off, but still wreaks havocRansomware … [Read more...] about 9 cyber security predictions for 2019